How exactly are you planning on hitting 300whp? I know vw guys use head gasket spacers to lower compression, so finding a multi layer gasket you could bring the compression up a bit if you use thinner ones.

wow that gonna be a real serious mother ------- monster 300whp?? NA? yeah OK...
get ready to spend some real serious moniesss but in reality its probably next to impossible to achieve this so.. anyways

i think you need to do some more homework...
btw you should go OEM headgasket

Heh it would be nice to hit 300 whp i probably wont put thats my goal somewhere around that mark. I do plan on changing most of the internals. I will see how the funding is gonna be got lots of plans for my dc just a matter of time im planning on finishing this build within the next 4 years.

Would it be possible if i did the head gasket myself, i know labour is alot for this type of job but if i was able to do my own swap could this be achieved by me? wanting to save myself cash maybe not patiences, and i'll learn something along the way give me some input into how hard this really is to do and if its worth it car will most likly be off of insurance so it can take awhile.

I have no clue what those are. so i dont know if you need new ones. I would label and note everything and find out what i need from my mechanic i'll see what other people here say i might need/ run into.

Would it be possible if i did the head gasket myself, i know labour is alot for this type of job but if i was able to do my own swap could this be achieved by me? wanting to save myself cash maybe not patiences, and i'll learn something along the way give me some input into how hard this really is to do and if its worth it car will most likly be off of insurance so it can take awhile.

Yes you can do it yourself, I just did mine this winter with the help of some mechanic friends, it ended up being simple as they just kinda guided me in the direction I did the work. Hanes manual is your friend for stuff like this, just get bags, put bolts in proper bags like "starter", "valve cover" etc so when you go to put it back you remember exactly what each bolt is for!

Arp headsuts, are kind of expensive, but they are supposed to be reuseable which is why everyone gets them. Headgaskets; for b18c1 (I assume b18c 5 as well), are metal no matter what... I did research into it, and they come as MLS (multi layered steel) I was told to make sure I got one, but since it came from factory with one its all you'll find!

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i dont see why not keep everything organized and labeled
you might need to grab some new head studs from like arp

question: do you need new head studs each time the head is mounted and torqued??
what if the motor already has arp studs that were installed like 2 years ago?

like I stated up there, ARP are supposed to be reuseable... so if they were already torqued for 2 years, they should still be able to be reused! just make sure you use the write socket (1/2" 12pt; thats what mine was) so you don't strip anything and you'll be good!

you will need head studs. for one the oem ones stretch and you shouldnt reuse them. go get ARP head studs, they are re-usable after torquing them down to spec and also they can hold up and save you problems from potential head lift.